Acts 11:21

The power of the Lord was with them, so that a great number who had learned to believe came over to the Lord’s side.

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In The King James Version

And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.

In Context

20Some of them, however, who were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, on coming to Antioch, addressed themselves also to the Jews of foreign birth, telling them the good news about that Lord Jesus.

22The news about them reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

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Cross References

Luke 1:66All who heard it kept it in mind, asking one another – “What can this child be destined to become?” For the Power of the Lord was with him.

Acts 4:4Many, however, of those who had heard the apostles’ message became believers in Christ, the number of the men alone amounting to about five thousand.

Acts 6:7So God’s message spread, and the number of the disciples continued to increase rapidly in Jerusalem, and a large body of the priests accepted the faith.

Matthew Henry on Acts 11:20-27

The Gospel Preached at Antioch; Success of the Gospel at Antioch; Barnabas at Antioch. 19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. 20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. 22… Read the whole commentary →

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